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Reality's Escape: a collection of short stories

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This is a bunch of short stories I had to get out of my system. Each part is a complete story, so you don't have to worry about being left hanging!

1. Heist. I was was blinded by a sudden wave of story, character, and plot (which usually don't coincide with each other) while innocently on the way home from music practice. The result? A really cool story about a villain who doesn't stay bad and a heroine who isn't always good. 

2. Antivirus. This is a story I wrote in high school, so bear with me... it took about three days in the writing, before I had much experience. Feel free to skip to the next story if you'd rather!

3. The Piano. For the romantic sentimental who like to wallow in what might have been. 

4.  The Night of January 7, 2018. Have you ever had one of those dreams that seemed incredibly real? Scarily deep and intense?

5. In The Archive of Biatre. This story is just a cute excerpt from my character's childhood. Note: only one character survives to the actual book.

6. Virtual Life. I have imagined what it would be like to live in a world that consisted of white walls, solar powered energy, and nearly complete dependence on machinery.

7. Almost an Override. This story is the result of a writing prompt on blog.reedsy.com which is an awesome website! I combined the prompt with my experience in customer service, and came out with something akin to comedy :)

8. A Perfectly Normal Thought Process. Another writing prompt from blog.reedsy.com about the "perfectly normal" state of my mind.

9. The Appointed Time. This was a New Year's prompt from blog.reedsy.com. It took me two days to finish, and all the characters are actually friends from church!

10. Leaving Footprints. Reaching the max character limit... blog.reedsy.com!

11. Sweet Little Things. Romance / horror genre blend. Prompt from blog.reedsy.com.

12. Created To Be. Need I say more? blog.reedsy.com

And more!All Rights Reserved

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Witness by Ader_Robin

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